Mark Ackiewicz
Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Office of Carbon Management
U.S. Department of Energy
Mr. Mark Ackiewicz is the Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Office of Carbon Management Technologies, leading the Office's research, development, demonstration and deployment (RDD&D) portfolio, and collaborating domestically and internationally with a wide range of stakeholders.
Before joining DOE in 2007, he worked in the private sector as a consultant, and in various industrial research and engineering positions, where he was responsible for process development and scale-up activities.
Mark is a 2016-2017 White House Leadership Development Fellow alumnus. He has a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Johns Hopkins University, and a Master's in Engineering Management from George Washington University.
Scott Parent
VP & Field CTO
Energy | Aerospace | Industrials
ANSYS
Scott is currently VP & Field CTO at Ansys, connecting globally with customers to understand their digital engineering development needs and aligning methodologies Ansys has to support their transitions. Scott had a number of preceding CTO/COO roles with GE, bp and Baker Hughes.
Scott has a broad leadership background in technology from multi-physics simulation to robotics, analytics, sensors development, asset health monitoring, AI/ML, additive, computer vision, edge analytics and other associated 4-IR technologies. Scott has a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Maine, and a master's degree in aerospace engineering from Pennsylvania State University.